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These two comments bring us back to the benefits of membership of the LA. John Smith referred earlier to a greater benefit being derived from the AUT than from the IIS. Could that have something to do with the fact that the LA is not a trade union, and therefore has no role in keeping salaries up. Certainly it has a role in maintaining the profile credibility of the profession in general, but librarians as a rule need the support of their appropriate trade union for maintaining salaries. And on the whole librarians tend not to be prepared to fight for higher wages!!! [And lets be honest, what do you think would happen if we were to start a fight?????] Laurie Laurie Fenwick University of Sunderland Library [log in to unmask] [[log in to unmask]] http://www.geocities.com/laurie_fenwick [http://lauriefenwick.freeservers.com] Tel: +44 (0)191 515 3149 Fax: +44 (0)191 515 2901 ----- Original Message ----- <<snip>> > And the people who have traditionally followed - and > been the backbone of - these professions are women, whose > jobs have always been considered of less economic worth and > status. > ------- > On Fri, 26 May 2000 09:40:17 +0100 [log in to unmask] wrote: > > > > Would it be true to say that the type of people who have traditionally > > followed the professions that Stuart mentions as being lower paid - > > librarians, teachers, social workers and nurses - are > > those that do not generally promote themselves, argue for pay rises, > > convince others of their worth, etc.? > > <<big snip>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%